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Governor Justice is closing bars in Monongalia County for ten days because of a spike in COVID-19 cases. The governor is also limiting crowd sizes to 25 people or less, and shutting down fairs and festivals.

An officer-involved shooting is under investigation in Summersville. Fifty-year-old Carl Raines fired shots at several people, and when officers arrived, he fired on them. Officers returned fire and hit Raines. He was flown to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The officers weren’t hurt.

Police are still looking for 40-year-old Timothy Walding, Jr. He’s wanted for a carjacking in Dunbar, and he’s a person of interest in an earlier robbery at the Hot Spot on Washington Street. He eluded deputies in Sissonville.

Charleston police are investigating a shooting at the Vista View apartments. A 28-year-old man was shot in the arm. He’s in stable condition. Police are looking for the gunman, 27-year-old Denzil Weatherspooon

COVID-19 numbers are spiking in Kanawha County. Almost forty cases were reported over the weekend. That’s the highest number of cases since the pandemic began. More than 15-hundred people have been tested I the last three days, and there is testing event today at Capital High School.

Gov. Jim Justice announced he is reducing the permitted crowd size allowed in the state from 100 to 25 due to concerns about rising coronavirus numbers and will close bars in Monongalia County for 10 days. Justice said any fairs, festivals and outdoor concerts will be stopped as of today, unless they are operating with … Read more

Crews responded Monday morning to a structure fire in the Rutledge area of Kanawha County. Metro 911 said crews have control of a trailer fire that was reported just before 10 a.m. in the 1000 block of Valley Grove Road. Pets were inside the home during the fire and were retrieved by firefighters. A dog … Read more

Along with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Joe Manchin has introduced a proposal to reduce the cost of special adaptive vehicle equipment for severely disabled veterans. The senators said their proposal would make the veterans eligible to receive a grant to help them purchase their equipment once every ten years. Adaptive vehicles, which some … Read more

Dozens of people enjoyed outdoor dining over the weekend as the city shutdown several blocks of Capitol and Hale Streets. City officials are considering expanding the street closures to other restaurants throughout the city.

There are almost forty new cases of COVID-19 in West Virginia, bringing the total to over 42-hundred. More than sixty people are hospitalized with virus. That number has doubled in a week. The positive test rate is over two-percent.